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Risky Appropriations. Gambling US Energy Policy on the GNEP (2008)
| Auteur | D.Schlissel, R.Alvarez |
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6-03-2-30-05.pdf |
| Datum | 2008 |
| Classificatie | 6.03.2.30/05 (PROLIFERATIE - FUEL BANK / GNEP / GNPI) |
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Uit de publicatie:
Risky Appropriations:
Gambling US Energy Policy on the
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
sponsored by: Friends of the Earth USA
Government Accountability Project
Institute for Policy Studies
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
for more information, contact: Robert Alvarez
1112 16th Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036
phone: 202.234.9382 fax: 202.387.7915
kitbob@erols.com www.ips-dc.org
January 2008
Risky Appropriations:
Gambling US Energy Policy on the
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
primary author
David A. Schlissel
Senior Consultant, Synapse Energy Economics
contributing authors
Robert Alvarez and Peter Bradford
Table of Contents
1 Executive Summary
3 Introduction
Finding
9 No. 1:
GNEP lacks important details about technical viability,
proliferation risks, waste streams, and ultimate life-cycle costs.
12 Finding No. 2:
The administration has presented no economic analysis
of the costs and benefits of the GNEP plan. Nor has it com-
pared GNEP to other technically feasible and cost-effective
alternatives. Such an economic justification should be provided
before significant funds are appropriated for GNEP.
15 Finding No. 3:
Full implementation of GNEP would represent a significant
expansion and redirection of the nuclear industry.
18 Finding No. 4:
The reference technologies and processes for GNEP already
have been selected by the DOE. However, none of these
technologies and processes currently